3/10/18 -- Blackhawks at Bruins

Jordu

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Riley Nash, having his best year at 28, is an interesting example of a player who developed slowly.

He was a late first-round pick by Edmonton in 2007. He played three seasons at Cornell, and in 2010 Edmonton sent him to Carolina for a second-round pick.

Then three years in the AHL, three years with Carolina putting up 24, 25, and 22 points. Signed with Boston as a free agent in 2016.

A decent year last season. This year he has 35 points and 13 goals (all 5x5).

He makes $900,000 and he’s a UFA at the end of the season. I can see giving him $2.5m a year for three or four years.
 

Salem's Lot

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Riley Nash, having his best year at 28, is an interesting example of a player who developed slowly.

He was a late first-round pick by Edmonton in 2007. He played three seasons at Cornell, and in 2010 Edmonton sent him to Carolina for a second-round pick.

Then three years in the AHL, three years with Carolina putting up 24, 25, and 22 points. Signed with Boston as a free agent in 2016.

A decent year last season. This year he has 35 points and 13 goals (all 5x5).

He makes $900,000 and he’s a UFA at the end of the season. I can see giving him $2.5m a year for three or four years.
I like what he's doing this year as well but he's having what could be his career year at age 28. It's unlikely that he'll get better or even maintain this level. He's exactly the kind of guy you don't pay unless you want cap problems. Let someone else make the mistake of giving him $3.5 million for 4 years and give the spot to one of the 3-4 forwards in your organization that could very well do the job on an ELC.
 

joe dokes

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Riley Nash is pj axelsson with functioning hands. Undeniably useful, but I don't know what that's worth in the cap era.
 

bibajesus

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My bad for stepping on the joke. I used to not be able to see posted tweets, thought u might be in the same boat.
 

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I don't know how they're doing it. It's a different game than they were playing a month or so ago and it started before Bergy and McAvoy went out. They look a lot slower and less aggressive on the forecheck. They've been terrible on special teams (until tonight) and to me they've looked generally more sluggish than earlier in the season. Yet, they keep on winning. They play 60 minutes and they never quit. I said it in another thread and I still think it's true. They remind me of the 2013 Sox. They find different guys every night and different ways to win every night. They are fun as shit to watch while being both infuriating and exhilarating on a day-in/day-out basis. All of the deadline moves have been perfect so far. It's really been a great ride.
 

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All that being said, you don't get the feeling that it's one of those teams that will get 120 points in the regular season and then fizzle out in the playoffs. They're going to be a hell of a lot of fun to watch in the playoffs.

They need Bergy and McAvoy to take some deer antler spray.